The Mills of the Gods Grind Slowly
A partnership borrowed money from an operating company. The partnership then hired all the people who worked for the operating company and leased them to the operating company. The lease payments were deferred and the partnership was on the cash basis. When the partnership switched to the accrual basis it adopted a four-year spread.
Clock is Ticking On Amending Returns of Same Sex Couples
This will generally be more beneficial to the extent that there is a difference in the couple’s income. For example, if Robin and Terry each make $100,000, they will likely be better off single. If Robin makes $200,000 and Terry makes nothing a joint return will produce a lower tax. The way various exemptions, phase-outs, and limitations work, though, makes any general rule like that of limited applicability. If, for example, Robin had disallowed investment interest and Terry had investment income, a joint return might produce savings even if their incomes were equal. They only way to tell for sure is to run the numbers.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.